Morning journal and courier., 1887-03-02
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. NO EXTRA SESSION. Congress Will Finish Up Its
 Business. A FRENCH C0LLIERY HORROR. Over Sixty Miners Lose
 Their Lives. 4 RIVER STEAMER BURNED i. Twenty Persons Perish In
 The Wreck.
NO EXTRA SESSION PROBABLE.

NO EXTRA SESSION PROBABLE. The Business in Such a Way That it Is Likely to be Finished in Time for Final Adjournment. A
 WASHINGTON, March 1.-The second ses- sion of the Forty-ninth Congress allowed it. self to get into tangle of work at the be- ginning of this week, but considerable prog ress has been made during the last two days and there is every reason to believe that by Tuesday Congress will be ready to adjourn, leaving behind it a comparatively worthy record in the way of accomplished legisla- tion. It makes much better record in this respect than some recent Congresses. Among the commendable measures that can be placed to its record are these: The presiden- tial succession law; law in the interest of the merchant marine; law pro- viding for 8 new national library building, the bill reducing money order fees; a measure forfeiting some millions of acres of unearned land grants and restoring them to the public domain and generous appro priation to rehabitliate the navy. These all can be credited to the first session. The present session has enacted an important law allotting lands in severalty to Indians; measure extending the free delivery system; an act to redeem trade dollars; the inter State commerce law, and the labor arbitra- ton law. Compared with the accomplish ments of previous Congresses in the way of legislation affecting general interests for the past dozen years this is remarkable record.
 The chances of an extra session have be- come quite improbable Senator Allison states that there is every prospect that the appropriation bills will be presented to the Ia in ina t0 ha nQasad Friday noon. According to the plan outlined at midnight the naval bill will be taken up to- morrow and conference ordered. The leg islative and deficiency bills will be presented on Wednesday or Thursday and final results obtained by Thursday night The confer ence report on the sundry civil bill is expect ed to be ready before the committee adjourn tonight. Although the prospect of plain sailing on all the bills is favorable, it of course lies in the power of any Senator to delay by objections and eloquenee, thus null Efying the night and day efforts of the vari- ous committees to flDish up in time.
 THE COLOR LINE IN FORESTRY. An Interesting Test Case Before the
 Supreme Court of Massachusetts.
 BOSTON, March 1.-Before Judge Allen in the equity sessions of the Supreme court to- day there was hearing in the suit of the Court of Massachusetts No. 6,936, Order of Foresters, vs. George E. Vincent, which in- volved an interesting question of color. It appeared that the rules of the plaintiffs or der forbid the initiation of colored person into the order. It is claimed that the plain tiff court took into it's membership a colored person in violation of said rules and that the defendant, who is the chief ranger of the order of Massachusetts, threatens to expel the plaintiff court and others for such vio- lation of it's rules. The facts were not in dispute, the questions presented being legal ones. Justice Allen said that the case was one that the order should settle without applying to the courts. The case was taken under adyiaement